That's the route I'm taking, but couldn't get that colour or storage until December through the Apple Store UK. Was lucky enough to get a 128GB Graphite Pro 13 delivering Thursday from Amazon UK.
Did the exact same as you, had a strike of luck and a friend of mines offered to buy my 12 Pro Max. Since I live abroad and iPhone prices here are ridiculously high I was able to cover about 90% of the 13 Pro's price with the sale.
Also moving from 12 Pro Max to 13 Pro and dropping screen size (helps that the cameras have feature parity... that was always a reason that got me to buy the larger size in the past).
Any word on your phone?Mine actually shipped on Nov 5th but has been stuck in Memphis at FedEX since then with no tracking updates other than "arrived at FedEX hub" - worried it has been lost/stolen. My trade-in box got here on time though, and when I asked Apple if I had to ship my current phone back they told me yes it has to be within 15 days... so now I am without a phone until my new one comes, if it ever does.
You need to go thru the online buying process to see if any are available at stores in your area. If you see one, order it immediately for in store pick up.
Sadly the tracking has not updated since Nov 5th and Apple thinks the shipment was lost. They told me they will re-order me a new one but it could be a few weeks before it ships and a month plus before I receive it. I explained the situation since I sent my old phone off for the trade-in so now I'm without a phone, but I wasn't offered any expedited delivery (I mean, I understand the supply issues and it wasn't the poor dudes fault on the phone but still sucks).
Um. I already have one. This was more for other people who were looking to snag one. And the only way is to do it online. as I mentioned YOu can’t just go walk in and buy one because by the time you get to the store, it’s likely gone.
It may be, but often when I checked a few weeks ago prior to grabbing a couple, I frequently went to https://iphonechecker.herokuapp.com/q/92374/i13ProMax/unlocked and didn’t see any in the LA are at all, regardless of color or size. I just checked on a whim right now and three different locations have a 256gb Sierra blue PM. I know it’s not the one you’re looking for, but I’m actually surprised there are three different locations with this in stock. Definitely not enough data to say for sure if it’s getting better or worse yet.
Just curious, Apple doesn't charge you the day you make the purchase, instead they charge you after. How many days before shipping the phone out did they charge your card? I totally forgot and requested an upgrade on the card I put on the payment info for my phone purchase and haven't been charged yet and I'm afraid that when they cancel that card to send me a new one that Apple will cancel my order since they will be unable to charge me.
All I know is that the phone got delivered yesterday (11/17) and my card still shows no pending charge for it. I assume it will show up tomorrow.
Im sorry to hear that. Maybe you can’t get a loaner phone from your carrier until it comes. It won’t be the best but it beats nothing. After all, you are still paying for phone services - at least they can loan you a phone, you think?
Well, *a* benefit to buying one unlocked is that, if you decide to sell it for some reason, you don’t have to worry about getting it unlocked. Or you could move it to another carrier without having to pay it off first.
They charged my card the day it cleared export customs, and shipped from Shanghai.
Yeah! I just recently picked up a 13 Pro Max 256GB Graphite because the store got a shipment of them in that day.
I doubt it since it was ordered directly through apple. I just really hope they don't use FedEx again otherwise I'm going to be in a shipping loop nightmare. And the previous tracking still has not updated.
